Jagged
adjective
Having edges or points that are not smooth or straight but are rough and sharp.
Be careful while walking near the cliff, as the path is quite jagged and you could hurt yourself.
Often appears as...
- jagged edge
- jagged rock
adjective
If something like a picture or sound is jagged, it jumps suddenly and not smoothly from one level or position to another.
The computer screen displayed a jagged line graph representing the fluctuating connection speed.
Often appears as...
- jagged pattern
- jagged line
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Having edges or points that are not smooth or straight but are rough and sharp.
Be careful while walking near the cliff, as the path is quite jagged and you could hurt yourself.
Often appears as...
- jagged edge
- jagged rock
adjective
If something like a picture or sound is jagged, it jumps suddenly and not smoothly from one level or position to another.
The computer screen displayed a jagged line graph representing the fluctuating connection speed.
Often appears as...
- jagged pattern
- jagged line
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Jagged is often used to describe natural formations, evoking a strong visual image of unevenness.
The jagged peaks of the mountain were silhouetted against the sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Sensation
Using jagged can imply a potential to cause pain or discomfort if touched.
He cut his hand on the jagged edges of the broken glass.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
Jagged can also describe non-physical things, like a difficult situation, with a sense of harshness or complexity.
Her voice broke in a jagged sob as she received the news.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Jagged is often used to describe natural formations, evoking a strong visual image of unevenness.
The jagged peaks of the mountain were silhouetted against the sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Sensation
Using jagged can imply a potential to cause pain or discomfort if touched.
He cut his hand on the jagged edges of the broken glass.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
Jagged can also describe non-physical things, like a difficult situation, with a sense of harshness or complexity.
Her voice broke in a jagged sob as she received the news.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Jagged is often used to describe natural formations, evoking a strong visual image of unevenness.
The jagged peaks of the mountain were silhouetted against the sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Sensation
Using jagged can imply a potential to cause pain or discomfort if touched.
He cut his hand on the jagged edges of the broken glass.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
Jagged can also describe non-physical things, like a difficult situation, with a sense of harshness or complexity.
Her voice broke in a jagged sob as she received the news.
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3 clues to understanding...
mimics the visual inflection, sudden inflection of that jagged shape. Now, this is very important, because what it's telling you is your brain is engaging in a primitive -- it's just -- it looks like a silly illusion, but these photons in your eye are doing this shape,
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Gorgeous Video: Rock...
prolific exploratory rock climbers of his generation he always has a plan to go somewhere that you didn't even know had rock climbing or you didn't even know existed some of the most interesting stuff i've ever seen in the world sort of jagged limestone peaks
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Why is this painting so...
its scale only highlights the nearly life-sized atrocities on display. Some possible relief comes from a lamp held tightly by a ghostly woman reaching out her window. But is her lantern’s hopeful glow truly lighting the scene? Or is it the jagged lightbulb–
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The science of...
because there's too much friction between the jagged snowflakes and the ski surface. So what's happening is that as skis move, they rub the surface of the snow and warm it up, creating a thin layer of water, which helps them slide along.
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How math saved my life PIPE...
moved in these bizarre stop-action frames like individual discrete picture frames with a line connecting them and bright light seemed somehow amplified and the jagged edges of these picture frames made these beautiful and elegant
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Jaguar Cubs Fight for...
over the core cast Kira is trying to approach me but see she's respect and she's giving him the space jagged of solitary hunters and defeat solitary Maya's wailing Kira is waiting for savage to finish his turn on it usually
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Most Soothing Sir David...
Not only that, but it also used the shells calcium to create a tool to help it break free. A hard, jagged tip on the end of its beak, an egg tooth. The chick couldn't have broken free without it.
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Why is Mount Everest so...
dissolving rocks or breaking them down in a process known as weathering. Water moving downhill carries the weathered material and erodes the landscape, carving out deep valleys and jagged peaks.
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The Miracle of Hatching...
not only that but it also used the shell's calcium to create a tool to help it break free a hard jagged tip on the end of its beak an egg tooth the chick couldn't have broken free
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Ancient Predator Had a...
crocodiles how could such a bizarre job work the angle of its mouth was bigger than a great white shark teeth pushed the prey deep inside the jagged spiral
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3 clues to understanding...
mimics the visual inflection, sudden inflection of that jagged shape. Now, this is very important, because what it's telling you is your brain is engaging in a primitive -- it's just -- it looks like a silly illusion, but these photons in your eye are doing this shape,
Video examples
Gorgeous Video: Rock...
prolific exploratory rock climbers of his generation he always has a plan to go somewhere that you didn't even know had rock climbing or you didn't even know existed some of the most interesting stuff i've ever seen in the world sort of jagged limestone peaks
Video examples
Why is this painting so...
its scale only highlights the nearly life-sized atrocities on display. Some possible relief comes from a lamp held tightly by a ghostly woman reaching out her window. But is her lantern’s hopeful glow truly lighting the scene? Or is it the jagged lightbulb–
Video examples
The science of...
because there's too much friction between the jagged snowflakes and the ski surface. So what's happening is that as skis move, they rub the surface of the snow and warm it up, creating a thin layer of water, which helps them slide along.
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
moved in these bizarre stop-action frames like individual discrete picture frames with a line connecting them and bright light seemed somehow amplified and the jagged edges of these picture frames made these beautiful and elegant
Video examples
Jaguar Cubs Fight for...
over the core cast Kira is trying to approach me but see she's respect and she's giving him the space jagged of solitary hunters and defeat solitary Maya's wailing Kira is waiting for savage to finish his turn on it usually
Video examples
Most Soothing Sir David...
Not only that, but it also used the shells calcium to create a tool to help it break free. A hard, jagged tip on the end of its beak, an egg tooth. The chick couldn't have broken free without it.
Video examples
Why is Mount Everest so...
dissolving rocks or breaking them down in a process known as weathering. Water moving downhill carries the weathered material and erodes the landscape, carving out deep valleys and jagged peaks.
Video examples
The Miracle of Hatching...
not only that but it also used the shell's calcium to create a tool to help it break free a hard jagged tip on the end of its beak an egg tooth the chick couldn't have broken free
Video examples
Ancient Predator Had a...
crocodiles how could such a bizarre job work the angle of its mouth was bigger than a great white shark teeth pushed the prey deep inside the jagged spiral
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Quote examples
Richard Corliss
American Writer
No question that 'Birdman' is a breathtaking technical achievement, not a stunt. Shot in 30 days after a long rehearsal period, with the actors' and the camera's movements calibrated to the inch and the millisecond so the action flows smoothly, the picture has the jagged energy of a long guerrilla raid choreographed by Bob Fosse.
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Corbin Bernsen
American Actor
There's something cool, even on a philosophical level, about understanding the bigger picture and exploring faith, if you will, in a very real way. The more you delve into it and give into it, you just have to have faith. The more you invest in faith, wherever it takes you, some of those jagged edges become less sharp.
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Bram Stoker
Irish Writer
Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.
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Herb Alpert
American Musician
If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are deep bass sounds. When it cut it at half speed, you're getting more of those on the record.
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Mariette Hartley
American Actress
It's an extraordinary experience to encounter the two kinds of deaths of my parents, one violent and jagged, it hits you like a tornado, the other, gentle with grace and dignity.
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Hugh Laurie
British Actor
I couldn't imagine what Fox thought they were doing, contemplating such a jagged protagonist for a prime-time drama. I only knew that I wanted the role very much.
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Tara Westover
American Historian
All my father's stories were about our mountain, our valley, our jagged little patch of Idaho.
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Charles Bukowski
American Author
My writing is jagged and harsh, I want it to remain that way; I don't want it smoothed out.
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
Post-divorce, the world can feel harsh and full of jagged edges.
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Ty Dolla Sign
American Musician
Jagged Edge is one of my favorite R&B groups.
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Richard Corliss
American Writer
No question that 'Birdman' is a breathtaking technical achievement, not a stunt. Shot in 30 days after a long rehearsal period, with the actors' and the camera's movements calibrated to the inch and the millisecond so the action flows smoothly, the picture has the jagged energy of a long guerrilla raid choreographed by Bob Fosse.
Quote examples
Corbin Bernsen
American Actor
There's something cool, even on a philosophical level, about understanding the bigger picture and exploring faith, if you will, in a very real way. The more you delve into it and give into it, you just have to have faith. The more you invest in faith, wherever it takes you, some of those jagged edges become less sharp.
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Bram Stoker
Irish Writer
Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.
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Herb Alpert
American Musician
If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are deep bass sounds. When it cut it at half speed, you're getting more of those on the record.
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Mariette Hartley
American Actress
It's an extraordinary experience to encounter the two kinds of deaths of my parents, one violent and jagged, it hits you like a tornado, the other, gentle with grace and dignity.
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Hugh Laurie
British Actor
I couldn't imagine what Fox thought they were doing, contemplating such a jagged protagonist for a prime-time drama. I only knew that I wanted the role very much.
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Tara Westover
American Historian
All my father's stories were about our mountain, our valley, our jagged little patch of Idaho.
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Charles Bukowski
American Author
My writing is jagged and harsh, I want it to remain that way; I don't want it smoothed out.
Quote examples
Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
Post-divorce, the world can feel harsh and full of jagged edges.
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Ty Dolla Sign
American Musician
Jagged Edge is one of my favorite R&B groups.
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